44 BOTANY. Eucalyptus globulus, Labill. Australian Blue Gum.—Now planted by thousands in Southern California. This tree is of very rapid growth, and makes withal a solid, close-grained, enduring timber. Mr. Cooper, of Santa Barbara, estimates the gain in growing this to be greater than that derived from the cereals. As to its value from a medicinal standpoint, I am free to say it has in every instance disappointed me in its anti-periodic effects, I do not regard it (though I have used it heroically) as in any sense the peer of the preparations derived from cinchona. It is, however, not im-' probable that the enormous evaporation from the surfaces of the leaves and young shoots may be a means of improving the sanitary condition of a moist, boggy, ague-cursed area, when the trees are planted in masses, but the idea that any mere cordon of trees around a home .would protect it appears improbable, not to say preposterous. However, I am bound to say we are yet without sufficient data on which to base an absolute con¬ clusion. In such regions as the Sanoita Valley, Cienega, or San Pedro in Southern Arizona, it would doubtless flourish, and a few years hence be of immense value as a timber tree. The Southern 'Rio Grande Valley offers another suitable spot for its introduction. While this species will not' endure cold weather, it is to be remembered that there are others of the genus that are hardier and almost as valuable as timber. These would probably be well worth a trial in Arizona and New Mexico. Mentzelia albicaulis, Dougl—The Indians in Southeastern California pound up the seeds of this, making thus one of their forms of pinoii. Some¬ times also used by them in a kind of cake. Cucuebita peeennis. Gray. Chili Cojote, and Calabazilla in Southern California.—Brewer & Watson assert, in Fl. Cal p. 239, "that the pulp of the green fi-uit is used with soap to remove stains from clothing, and that the macerated root is used as a remedy for piles, and the seeds are eaten by tlie Indians." Cymopteris Fendleei, Gray. Chimaja of New Mexico.—This plant emits, when in decoction, a pecuHarly strong and pleasant odor, not unlike C. anisatus, which it closely resembles. The residents in and about Santa Fd arein the habit of using this as the chief ingredient, after whisky, to form a warm¬ing, stomachic "bitters", which is immensely popular, as anything is likely